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Chris Coons Refuses to Blame his Beloved Republicans for Jan 6th
When people ask me why I have such a problem with Chris Coons, it is stuff like this. Blaming Democrats and Republicans equally for the “division” leading to the Jan 6th riots. Too often in recent years, we have chosen division. Now, we must choose to heal and strengthen our democracy, and lay the groundwork […]
One year later – how do you feel about democracy in America?
See the poll on the right side of the page. I’m curious to know what you guys think. But a little more curious to know if anyone on the bleaker side of the question thinks there is anything we can do to save it.
Coons Helped Trump Appoint Crank Judges Who Are Attacking Biden’s Ability to Govern
Thanks Coons! The reactionary hacks Republicans have nominated to lower federal courts have been overrunning Biden administration policy with no serious legal basis. One obvious reason they’re doing this is that they know the Court that is theoretically in charge of enforcing its own precedents isn’t going to do anything about it:
Song of the Day 1/5: Billy Bragg and Wilco, “All You Fascists”
It’s now been a year since Trumpublicans made their intentions and methods clear. Is our media learning? I’m not betting on it. “All You Fascists” appeared on the 2000 LP “Mermaid Avenue Volume 2,” the second collaboration between Billy Bragg and Wilco (really Jeff Tweedy) to set some of Woody Guthrie’s unrecorded lyrics to modern […]
Slow Motion General Strike Continues – Record 4.5 million Americans quit jobs in November
The jig is up. Late stage capitalism simply does not work for workers. A very large number of younger workers have lost all faith in the notion that capitalism exists to benefit them in some way. To that I say, FUCK YEAH.
[Pictured: A super-capitalist exploiter looking like a slapped ass.]
Trump Cancels Jan 6th Presser
It is tough to imagine that he was influenced by anything rational. But there you have it. On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced that he canceled a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida that was scheduled for January 6, 2022, the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection. Trump said in his statement […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday December 5th 2022 – Our Media is Totally Fucked, and Fucking Us Over
The structural advantages that conservatives enjoy in our electoral system are well known. (The Electoral College giving the losing candidate two victories, the Senate not representing a majority of Americans, the supermajority requirement imposed by the Senate filibuster, etc). Writing for the New York Times, Osita Nwanevu looks beyond those advantages to point the finger […]
Lisa Blunt Rochester Outed – In Need of a Primary Challenge
The report released by RootsAction.org, titled “Meet The PINOs: “Progressive In Name Only,” targets Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean (Pa.), Donald Norcross (N.J.), Jimmy Panetta (Calif.), Joseph Morelle (N.Y.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.) and Brenda Lawrence (Mich.). (snip) The group accused the six lawmakers named in the report of often acting “more like corporate centrists” on […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday January 4th 2022
Just when I say I’m maintaining my media black out Middletown gets hit with a snowstorm trapping me in my house in front of my computer. FWIW – these are the “news” things I noticed. BREAKING: NY Attorney General Letitia James has subpoenaed Ivanka Trump and Don Jr for testimony and documents in the […]
DL Open Thread Monday Jan 3rd 2021
Happy snow day! This is being typed on Jan 3rd at 00:05 so I’m just going to assume that majestic, powdery dunes of snow have piled up outside of our doors whilst we snoozed. Right? No? Dang.
Well, let’s see. What’s new? First of all – my 2021 media blackout is now my 2022 media blackout. I know El Som’s knees are beginning to give out from carrying me, but I don’t have the heart to watch Biden’s floundering as his fellow corporatist Democrats bury knife after knife in his back. At least by undermining Biden they aren’t setting the table for a full scale GOP takeover of congress. Wait… yes they are. Never mind.
Anyway, It is hard to be interested in the fortunes of a political party (or a country for that matter) that demonstrates so little interest in continuing as a going concern.
And yet, I have a brain and a conscience and they urge me to action. So I guess I’ll get involved with the Working Families Party. What the heck. The Empire State has a decent liberal party and it makes their Democratic Party a better party. (Chuck Schumer not withstanding.)
I’ll also continue to get most of my news from El Som’s posts, from the Delaware Call and from REV’s excellent Podcast series – The Highlands Bunker.
If you are an incorrigible lefty haven’t listened to the most recent episode, just do it.
This New Jersey State Trooper Really Wanted to Fucking Shoot or Arrest Antonio Brown for Something
A Tampa Bay player quit during a game. That’s not a crime, but look at this NJ State Trooper trying to figure out a way to shoot him. Here is the clip. Notice the cop.
No DL Open Thread: Sunday, January 2, 2022
Hey, I scoured the internets, found nothing that inspired me. Did anything inspire you? Feel free to post it…
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